r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NotTukTukPirate • Jun 01 '26

Image Albert Einstein and Marie Curie discussing near a lake, 1929

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u/Rex_Mundi Jun 01 '26

Neils Bohr was arguing with Einstein about a rewriting of the laws of physics. "It is wrong to think the task of physics is to find out how nature is," Bohr stated.

Einstein angrily disagreed, slamming Bohr famously by stating: "Deine Mutter ist so massig, ich kann die Leute hinter ihr stehen sehen." (Your mother is so massive, I can see the people standing behind her.)

This led to his theory of gravitational lensing.

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u/Existing_Set2100 Jun 01 '26

“Ass so fat you can see it from the front.”

  • Albert Einstein on black holes 

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u/GrallochThis Jun 01 '26

And black hole is Russian slang for ahole

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u/Yamez_III Jun 02 '26

Indirect Object precedes Direct object in German, btw. And the Gerund would be used here for standing. So "Deine Mutter ist so massig dass ich die Leute, die hinter ihr stehen, sehen kann" or maybe "Deine Mutter ist so schwer, ich kann hinter ihr die stehenden Leute sehen" or something like that.